St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-01
SVEAH ELM EN-.
LARGE COVENANT NETTING.

A LARGE COVENANT MEETING.
The Syenska missioner holds largely
attended covenant meeting at present, in
the Swedish mission tabernacle. corner of
Seventh street and Eighth avenue SOUTH
main to-day and tomorrow. A similar
meeting will be held at St Paul
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Some thirty Scandinavian mission
aries are present, addressing the mission
friends, among whom we especially mention
Sv. Anderson, from Pullman, near Chicago,
very good preacher, who is highly appre-
ciated. G. A. Bjork, of Chicago, and +.
NJ. Johnson are also missionaries of note.
At the Nazareth church yesterday even
ing the Scandinavian Unitarians held their
debating meeting. which was largely at
tended. The subject was 'Christianity." j"
NOTES.
Eugene Funk, a German laborer was
robbed of $45 Sunday night. He went from
Martin Ludwig's place on Washington avenue
south, at about 10 o'clock in the evening and
Immediately found he was followed by two
notwithstanding persons. He thought
nothing about it, however, but went down
Washington avenue to Ninth avenue south,
when he crossed the railroad for Third street.
Here, at the railroad crossing, one of the two
men FASTENED forward and asked him q
| question in regard to q boarding
house in the vicinity. AS he stopped to
answer the question the other man ap-
preached him from behind and dealt him q
| heavy blow on his head, almost making
| him senseless. He, however, gained full
! consciousness very soon and made strong
| resistance. but was overpowered, after a
| terrible fight. and robbed of all his money,
| consisting OF about $45, beside heing badly
| done up by the two toughs. The case was
To Ilar To itu
written. Some three months ago Scandina-
| vian was robbed of $50 at the same place,
although the case was never given to the
police, or recorded in the papers.
| Tonight will take place the famous meet
| ing Of the boarding house bosses at the Nor.
mana Rifle club, 11l5 Third street south
Landladies, too, must be there. Speaking OF
| this meeting, boarding boss on Ninth ave-
| nue. south said Yesterday: II think it is q
good move, and am ready to sustain it. The
| movement is not quite new one, however
| The grocerS and butchers, some three years
| ago, formed similar organization. Itmeans
| protection"
"Sveaheimen" Is going to be a permanent
| department of the GLOBE. We cheerfully
| invite the foreign born population wherever
| the paper is read to communicate with its
| editor whenever voices want to be heard
| The column will be open to all news relating
| to the Scandinavians, Germans and French
Minneapolis has over 10000 Scandinavians
| and st. Paul almost as many.
Some of the news that was printed in yes
| terday's number was written for the Sunday
| edition, but by some mistake did not appear
| in that number, which will explain TO the
| readers some of its pecularities.
| Sunday evening, the Goth of March, is now
| set down as the evening on which the Scandi-
naviau Typographical union will have its big
entertainment (Tidende.)
Rev. Pastor Ternstedt-I believe in equal
| rights for the people and in majority rule.
| By that will stand as the pastor of my pres
| ent congregation.
| H. o. Peterson is spoken Of as the unani-
| nous choice as alderman for the Scandi ma
! vians of the Sixth ward, Minnea polls.
Robert Enzdahl left Minneapolis Sunday
| evening for Chicago,it is said to remain there